Excerpt: "The Law of Divine Compensation" by Marianne Williamson

Author, activist, and spiritual leader Marianne Williamson is often considered one of the defining voices for a new generation of spiritual seekers. Six of her 10 published books have been New York Times bestsellers, including A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. The following is an excerpt from her newest book, The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles, to be released in November 2012. No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is often our willingness to change our minds. Despite what might seem to be the saddest and most intractable situation, we have the power to believe that something else is possible, that things can change, that a miracle can happen. This simple shift in how we think can make all the difference in what happens next. How we think releases an infinite number of possibilities that could not have occurred had we not believed that they were possible. Such is the power of our thoughts to attract as well as deflect miraculous breakthroughs. Free w …